Archive, Fine Art, Southeast Asian Art

Nguyen Tien Chung (Vietnam, 1914-1976)
Poet Nguyen Du On His Fishing Boat
signed and dated 'n.t.chung 74' (lower left)
lacquer on panel
80 x 120 cm. (31 1/2 x 47 1/4 in.)
Painted in 1974

Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist's family
Collection of Boi Tran Garden, Vietnam
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2008

Literature
Tran Van Can, Huu Ngoc, Vu Huyen, Vietnamese Contemporary Painters, Hanoi, 1987, p. 30